India News | Fishing Vessel Collides with Naval Platform off Goa Coast
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. A fishing vessel with a 13-member crew collided with an Indian Navy platform about 70 nautical miles off the Goa coast, officials said on Friday.
New Delhi, Nov 22 (PTI) A fishing vessel with a 13-member crew collided with an Indian Navy platform about 70 nautical miles off the Goa coast, officials said on Friday.
Following the incident on Thursday, the Indian Navy launched a massive rescue operation and 11 crew members of the vessel have been rescued so far, they said.
It learnt that the fishing vessel collided with a submarine.
The Navy deployed six ships and an unknown number of surveillance aircraft for the rescue mission.
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"Search and rescue efforts for remaining two is underway. Additional assets have been diverted to the area to augment the efforts," said a Navy spokesperson.
The Navy has ordered a high-level investigation into the incident.
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